Đề thi thử môn tiếng anh – đề số (5)

THI THỬ CÙNG CHUYÊN KHTN HÀ NỘI
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ĐỀ THI THỬ MÔN TIẾNG ANH - ĐỀ SỐ 05
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian đọc đề)
Câu 1 (1 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A. decline
B. body
C. gradual
D. dependent

Câu 2 (1 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
A. finger
B. sniff
C. offspring
D. of

Câu 3 (1 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from
the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. interest
B. fantastic
C. apparent
D. consider

Câu 4 (1 điểm)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from
the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. community
B. experience


C. continental
D. convenient

Câu 5 (1 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from
the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. tolerate
B. tendency
C. employment
D. property

Câu 6 (1 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Everyone can join our club, _____________ age and sex.
A. instead of
B. in case of
C. in place of
D. regardless of

Câu 7 (1 điểm)
The examination was by no __________ easy, and I doubted if I have passed it.
A. way
B. case

C. means
D. road

Câu 8 (1 điểm)
Because of the rapid technological progress, computers being made today will be ________
in five years’ time.
A. outdone
B. extinct
C. retired
D. obsolete

Câu 9 (1 điểm)
____ for a few apples left on the trees, the deer have eaten everything in our garden.


A. But
B. Apart
C. Besides
D. Except

Câu 10 (1 điểm)
After running up the stairs, I was ________ breath.
A. without
B. out of
C. no
D. away from

Câu 11 (1 điểm)
Would you …………………. a blind eye if you saw a crime being committed?
A. close

B. turn
C. show
D. wink

Câu 12 (1 điểm)
I must have been ………………….. when you called. I did not hear the phone.
A. sleepy
B. asleep
C. slept
D. sleep

Câu 13 (1 điểm)
I am going to walk in the park. Would you like to ………………….. me company?
A. follow
B. help
C. hold
D. keep

Câu 14 (1 điểm)
Prices at these hotels are ……………….. to change based on seasonal demand.


A. plain
B. public
C. subject
D. general

Câu 15 (1 điểm)
They ............................. the aid of the United States but did not receive it.
A. asked

B. found
C. sought
D. obtained

Câu 16 (1 điểm)
We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is ………………….. the law.
A. beyond
B. over
C. above
D. onto

Câu 17 (1 điểm)
The woman was convicted and sentenced …………………… six months in prison.
A. for
B. on
C. with
D. to

Câu 18 (1 điểm)
Since it was a minor offence, Tom was sent to ……………………. prison.
A. an open
B. an easy
C. a soft

Câu 19 (1 điểm)
Nothing that I can see .............................. what you have described.
A. compares


B. relates

C. resembles
D. consists

Câu 20 (1 điểm)
From an early age, Wolfgang had a/an _______ for music.
A. interest
B. passion
C. involvement
D. tendency

Câu 21 (1 điểm)
No sooner had we left the house _______ it started snowing.
A. and
B. than
C. when
D. that

Câu 22 (1 điểm)
Whatever Jane _______ to do, she finishes.
A. gets on
B. sees to
C. sets out
D. looks for

Câu 23 (1 điểm)
Several cars, _______ owners had parked under the trees, were damaged.
A. their
B. of which
C. whom
D. whose

Câu 24 (1 điểm)
It was very good _______ you to give up so much of your time.
A. of


B. for
C. with
D. to

Câu 25 (1 điểm)
The minister _______ to say whether all the coal mines would be closed.
A. refused
B. avoided
C. denied
D. bothered

Câu 26 (1 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The fer-de-lance, a kind of viper, is one of the most poisonous snakes.
A. deadly
B. vicious
C. bad tastinga
D. unhealthy

Câu 27 (1 điểm)
In the early days of baseball, the game was played by young men of means and social position.
A. with skill
B. with equipment

C. with money
D. with ambition

Câu 28 (1 điểm)
Mounting evidence indicates that acid rain is damaging historic sites in Boston and Philadelphia.
A. Hanging
B. Tentative
C. Increasing
D. Irrefutable

Câu 29 (1 điểm)
Carpets from countries such as Persia and Afghanistan often fetch high prices in the United States.


A. Artifacts
B. Rugs
C. Pottery
D. Textiles

Câu 30 (1 điểm)
Jan took many snapshots while on vacation in Europe.
A. notes
B. gifts
C. photos
D. clothes

Câu 31 (1 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.

31. By measuring the color of a star, astronomers can tell how hot is it.
A

B

C

D

A. measuring
B. the
C. how
D. is it

Câu 32 (1 điểm)
Exploration of the Solar System is continuing, and at the present rate of progress all the
A

B

planets will have been contacted within the near 50 years.
C

D

A. continuing
B. progress
C. within
D. near

Câu 33 (1 điểm)
Grover Cleveland was the only American president served two nonconsecutive terms.
A
A. the only

B

C

D


B. served
C. nonconsecutive
D. terms

Câu 34 (1 điểm)
Calcium, the most abundantly mineral in the body, works with phosphorus in maintaining
A

B

C

D

bones and teeth.
A. abundantly
B. in the body
C. works with

D. in the maintaining

Câu 35 (1 điểm)
The next host for the SEA Games is Laos. It is Laos' the first time as the host for the
A

B

C

D

biannual-games.
A. The next
B. It is
C. the first
D. the host

Câu 36 (1 điểm)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand. This (36)____ many
problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk (37)_____ accidents.
Clearly, something must be done, but it is often difficult to persuade people to change their habits and
leave their cars at home.
One possible (38)____ is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by increasing charges
for parking and bringing in tougher fines for anyone who (39)___ the law. In addition, drivers could be
required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, (40) _____ as ‘road
pricing’ is already being introduced in a number of cities, using a special electronic card (41)____ to the

windscreen of the car.
Another way of (42)_____ with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the outskirts of the city, and
strictly control the number vehicles allowed into the centre. Drivers and their passengers then use a
special bus service for the (43)____ stage of their journey .


Of course, the most important (44)____ is to provide good public transport. However, to get people to
give up the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and comfortable,
with fares (45)_____ at an acceptable level.
(36)
A. causes
B. results
C. leads
D. invents

Câu 37 (1 điểm)
(37)
A. of
B. for
C. about
D. by

Câu 38 (1 điểm)
(38)
A. manner
B. approach
C. custom
D. style

Câu 39 (1 điểm)

(39)
A. crosses
B. refuses
C. breaks
D. racks

Câu 40 (1 điểm)
(40)
A. named
B. see
C. called


D. known

Câu 41 (1 điểm)
(41)
A. fixed
B. joined
C. built
D. placed

Câu 42 (1 điểm)
(42)
A. doing
B. handling
C. dealing
D. solving

Câu 43 (1 điểm)

(43)
A. late
B. end
C. complete
D. final

Câu 44 (1 điểm)
(44)
A. thought
B. thing
C. work
D. event

Câu 45 (1 điểm)
(45)
A. taken
B. kept
C. given
D. stood


Câu 46 (1 điểm)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 46 to 55.
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty
house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in
common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who
look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against
wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling

them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.”
Slowly, she learned that they were house keys. She and her husband began talking to the children who
had keys. They learned of the effects working couples and single parents were having on their children.
Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs
talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety. The
most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall,
under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on
latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children
alone.

46. The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. a house with no people inside
B. a house with no furniture
C. a house with nothing inside
D. a house with too much space

Câu 47 (1 điểm)
One thing that the children in the passage share is that ______.
A. they all watch TV
B. they spend part of each day alone
C. they are from single-parent families
D. they all wear jewelry

Câu 48 (1 điểm)
The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______.
A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
B. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
D. look after themselves while their parents are not at home

Câu 49 (1 điểm)
The main problem of latchkey children is that they ______.


A. are also found in middle-class families
B. watch too much television during the day
C. suffer a lot from being left alone
D. are growing in numbers

Câu 50 (1 điểm)
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How kids spend free time.
B. Why kids hate going home.
C. Bad condition of latchkey children.
D. Children’s activities at home.

Câu 51 (1 điểm)
Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached?
A. They had to use the keys to open school doors.
B. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead.
C. They were fully grown and had become independent.
D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home.

Câu 52 (1 điểm)
What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?
A. Fear
B. Tiredness
C. Boredom
D. Loneliness

Câu 53 (1 điểm)
Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ______.
A. visiting their homes
B. delivering questionnaires
C. interviewing their parents
D. talking to them

Câu 54 (1 điểm)
What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?


A. Hiding somewhere
B. Talking to the Longs
C. Having a shower
D. Lying under a TV

Câu 55 (1 điểm)
It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ______.
A. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
D. there are too many of them in the whole country

Câu 56 (1 điểm)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 56 to 65.

The ocean bottom - a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth - is a
vast frontierthat even today is largely unexplored and uncharted. Until about a century ago, the deepocean floor was completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep.
Totally without light and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth's

surface, the deep-ocean bottom is a hostile environment to humans, in some ways as forbidding and
remote as the void of outer space.
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Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks and sediments for over a century,
the first detailed global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the
beginning of the National Science Foundation's Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP).Using techniques
first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar Challenger,
was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep
waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor.

The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in
November 1983. During this time, the vessel logged 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 core
10 samples of seabed sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites around the world. The Glomar
Challenger's core samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like
hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will probably look like millions of years in
the future. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's
voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that
explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.
The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also yielded information critical to
understanding the world's past climates. Deep-ocean sediments provide a climatic record stretching
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back hundreds of millions of years, because they are largely isolated from the mechanical erosion
and the intense chemical and biological activity that rapidly destroy much land-based evidence of
past climates. This record has already provided insights into the patterns and causes of past climatic
change - information that may be used to predict future climates.


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56. The author refers to the ocean bottom as a "frontier" in line 2 because it
A. is not a popular area for scientific research
B. contains a wide variety of life forms
C. attracts courageous explorers
D. is an unknown territory

Câu 57 (1 điểm)
The word "inaccessible" in line 3 is closest in meaning to
A. unrecognizable
B. unreachable
C. unusable
D. unsafe

Câu 58 (1 điểm)
The author mentions outer space in line 6 because
A. the Earth's climate millions of years ago was similar to conditions in outer space.
B. it is similar to the ocean floor in being alien to the human environment
C. rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floor
D. techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those used in ocean exploration

Câu 59 (1 điểm)
Which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger?
A. It is a type of submarine.
B. It is an ongoing project.
C. It has gone on over 100 voyages
D. It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968

Câu 60 (1 điểm)
The word "extracting" in line 11 is closest in meaning to
A. breaking

B. locating


C. removing
D. analyzing

Câu 61 (1 điểm)
The deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was
A. an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas
B. the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom
C. composed of geologists from all over the world
D. funded entirely by the gas and oil industry

Câu 62 (1 điểm)
The word "strength" in line 18 is closest in meaning to
A. basis
B. purpose
C. discovery
D. endurance

Câu 63 (1 điểm)
The word "they" in line 24 refers to
A. years
B. climates
C. sediments
D. cores

Câu 64 (1 điểm)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a result of the Deep Sea Drilling
Project?

A. Geologists were able to determine the Earth's appearance hundreds of millions of years ago.
B. Two geological theories became more widely accepted
C. Information was revealed about the Earth's past climatic changes
D. Geologists observed forms of marine life never before seen.

Câu 65 (1 điểm)
WRITING

Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence printed before it.


65. Farmers no longer live and work as they used to.
No longer ___________________________________________.
Câu 66 (1 điểm)
He predicted a win for the Labour Party in the next general election.
He was sure ___________________________________________.
Câu 67 (1 điểm)
He gave a two-hour lecture on aerodynamics.
His___________________________________________.
Câu 68 (1 điểm)
The wind was so strong that the trees were uprooted.
So strong ____________________________________________.
Câu 69 (1 điểm)
Rewriting sentences is not as easy as it looks.
It isn't _______________________________________________.
Câu 70 (1 điểm)
People drive fast. That's why there are many accidents.
If people ________________________________________.
Câu 71 (1 điểm)

Part II. Write about 150 words to give opinions about the effects of television on young people nowadays.